U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY CERTIFIES FACNET CONTRACTING OFFICES Contact Point, David M. Cline, (202) 260-1677. As required by P.L. 104-355 and the implementing Federal Acquisition Regulation, Betty L. Bailey, the Senior Procurement Executive of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency certified interim FACNET capability on August 19, 1996, for the following Environmental Protection Agency Procurement Activities to the Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, Washington D.C.; Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division, Research Triangle Park, NC; Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division, Cincinnati, OH; Region I, Environmental Protection Agency, Boston, MA; Region II, Environmental Protection Agency, New York, NY; Region III, Environmental Protection Agency, Philadelphia, PA; Region IV, Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, GA; Region V, Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, IL; Region VI, Environmental Protection Agency, Dallas TX; Region VII, Environmental Protection Agency, Kansas City, KS; Region VIII, Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, CO; Region IX, Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, CA; Region X, Environmental Protection Agency, Seattle, WA; Environmental Protection Agency, National Enforcement Investigations Center Division, Denver, CO. Each of these sites meets the requirements of the law and the Federal Acquisition Regulation by having the ability to electronically provide widespread public notice of contracting opportunities, including public access, to issue electronic solicitations and to make them publicly accessible, and to receive electronic public responses (quotes) and associated requests for information. These sites are operating through the Federal Acquisition Computer Network (FACNET) network entry point at Columbus, Ohio, and providing electronic commerce traffic to all participating Value Added Networks and their client trading partners. As of the date of this notice, all responses to solicitations issued by the listed activities through FACNET must be submitted through FACNET, unless otherwise authorized. Questions may be directed to Mickey Cline, FACNET Manager at (202) 260-1677, by FAX at (202) 260-9083, by electronic mail (e-mail) to cline.mickey@epamail.epa.gov or mailed to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 3803F, 401 M Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460.

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